Introducing Pixel-Perfect, Paginated Reporting on Live Warehouse Data
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Today we’re announcing the Public Beta of pixel-perfect reporting in Sigma. Now you can build and distribute audit-ready reports directly using your cloud data warehouse. It’s live, governed, and formatted down to the pixel.
Pixel-Perfect Reporting lets you create highly formatted, multi-page documents with exact control over layout elements. Think design tool meets live data. Use it for statements, regulatory submissions, or customer-facing reports that demand precision and compliance.
Sigma provides the only warehouse-native, paginated reporting capability built for the cloud—running directly on the CDW with no stale data or duplicated governance. Designed for enterprise scale, reports are distinct from Sigma Workbooks; they're built for external, formatted, and repeatable documents.
Stop choosing between fresh data and precise formatting
Finance, compliance, and operations teams need reports that must look exactly the same every time. Audits depend on it. Regulators require it. Customers expect it.
On-prem era BI tools deliver format control but at a cost: they require technical expertise, rigid templates, and patience for inflexible pagination. The data has scale limitations because of architecture, so it's stale before it’s even sent.
Modern BI tools run live queries, but they can't handle the layout control compliance teams need. Pagination breaks, headers vanish, and tables split awkwardly across pages.
As a result, teams export to Excel and spend hours reformatting or build and maintain bespoke rigid solutions. Deadlines slip. Brand consistency breaks. Governance risk rises.
Control the layout, query the warehouse
Sigma's Pixel-Perfect Reporting puts an end to the live data vs. format battle. Build and Analyze license users can design reports on a pixel-based canvas that connects directly to your CDW. You control headers, footers, logos, and page breaks, allowing you to replicate any complex, highly formatted layout. Data pulls directly from your warehouse, so it's always current.
Because the process is warehouse-native, governance stays in place, data stays fresh, and distribution scales automatically through built-in enterprise bursting and scheduling—no add-ons, no workarounds.
Getting started with Pixel Perfect Reporting
Pixel-Perfect Reporting brings the precision of legacy reporting into the cloud data stack. It removes the need for cubes and extracts while delivering live, formatted reports your business can trust at enterprise scale.
To start building your first compliant, cloud-native report, join the Public Beta by contacting your Sigma account team today. You can also dive into the documentation for an overview and setup steps, or simply pick one painful legacy report and try rebuilding it live, without extracts.
Interested in learning more? Join our hands-on lab to build a pixel-perfect report yourself, or watch our recorded webinar to hear how enterprises are modernizing their reporting with Sigma.
